Job 3:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭גֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּ֣וֹ נִסְתָּ֑רָה וַיָּ֖סֶךְ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ləgeber ʾăšer-darkô nistārâ wayyāsek ʾĕlôah baʿădô

Grammar Details

*ləgeber*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to man
*ʾăšer-darkô*: relative pronoun + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - whose way
*nistārâ*: verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is hidden
*wayyāsek*: conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he hedges in
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God
*baʿădô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - around him

Word Meanings

*geber*: man/mighty man/strong man
*darkô*: his way/his path/his journey
*nistārâ*: is hidden/is concealed
*wayyāsek*: and he hedges in/and he encloses/and he fences
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*baʿădô*: around him/about him/for him

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 19:8 : 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Lam 3:7 : 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Isa 40:27 : 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Lam 3:9 : 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Hos 2:6 : 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 19:6 : 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job 19:12 : 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
Ps 31:8 : 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Ps 88:8 : 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.

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